Fernando Zulueta

Fernando Zulueta is the President of Academica Corporation, one of the nation's most successful charter school service and support organizations. He is Chairman of the Florida Charter School Review Panel and founding Board Member of the Florida Consortium of Charter Schools. Mr. Zulueta has helped establish numerous high performing charter schools that have been recognized on local, state, and national levels for their achievements. For example, Somerset Academy was selected by DigitalCities.com as "the Best Elementary School" in Florida and identified by the Washington-based Education Trust among those schools in the nation that are challenging the myth that minority students cannot perform as well their non-minority peers. Mr. Zulueta graduated Summa Cum Laude and first in his class with a major in Public Accounting at the University of Miami School of Business and was the Reid Scholar at the University of Miami School of Law, where he served on Law Review and from which he graduated with Honors. He has received numerous awards for his work with charter schools including the "Cervantes Award" sponsored by Nova Southeastern University for his contributions toward excellence in the education of Hispanic students.